Rowboat before a Stone Bridge between Buildings, from Twelve Landscapes
Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
Catalogue
- Year
- 1605
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6.7 × 11.3 cm (2 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Gillis van Scheyndel
Artist
Printmaking
Gillis van Scheyndel was a Dutch painter and draughtsman active in the 17th century. Working primarily in oil and ink, he produced landscape drawings and paintings that documented the topography and settlement patterns of the Dutch Golden Age. His precise observational approach and technical command of perspective made him a significant recorder of the contemporary built and natural environment.
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Record
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- Gillis van Scheyndel
- Year
- 1605
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6.7 × 11.3 cm (2 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1605-012625
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified